Jordy Nelson fumbles the kickoff. With a short field, the Lions get a quick TD. 7-0 Lions. This looks just like the Bucs game a few weeks ago. Offense needs to get something going on their drive. No more fuck ups.
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Turkey Day Predictions
Packers @ Lions
Looks like Stafford and Calvin Johnson are both active. I think today the Packers will get a good test to their defensive backfield sans Al Harris. Hopefully Woodson can limit Johnson and Stafford will limit himself after his separated shoulder on Sunday.
The Packer offense, I believe, will need to be flawless in this game. (IE No turnovers) Ryan Grant needs to continue is solid play and Rodgers has to spread the ball around with the short passes.
If the Packer D is lackadaisical or comes into this game expecting to dominate this game will be a shootout. I think this will show once again Mike McCarthy’s coaching abilities…able to get his team up for a lesser team after two solid wins in a row. Hopefully they aren’t looking ahead to the 12 days off until they face the Ravens on Monday night.
First quarter will tell if they are ready for today. Detroit could go on a mini roll with a win today. Also these Lions-Packers thanksgiving games have always been close, with the Lions usually prevailing, but I think Green Bay will be able to maintain and come away with a win. Detroit gets a couple crazy plays to keep this close, either a long TD pass and/or a kick return for TD.
Packers 31 Lions 27
Week Six Preview
Lions @ Packers
Green Bay is coming off a bye week and the Lions are playing without their starting QB (Stafford) and best WR (C. Johnson). The Lions haven’t won in Green Bay since 1991. Add Daunte Culpepper as the starter and this has all the makings of a complete blowout
Packers 45-16
Ravens @ Vikings
This is probably the best team the Vikings have faced so far this season. Coming off back to back loses you would think the Ravens will show up big time. I just have this feeling of Favre having a solid game…flashing back to that 2001 ravens @ packers game. Well hopefully Ray Lewis gets more than a few big hits on Brent.
Vikings 28-20
Bears @ Falcons
This Sunday Night game should be a good one. The Falcons are legit, probably better than they were last year. I see this as a back and forth game with Culter making a couple mistakes and Atlanta pulling this out in the end.
Falcons 20 Bears 17
Week 3 Wrapup
It has been a crazy week so the Wednesday WrapUp is today. I’ll post my picks for the showdown on MNF later.
Packers 36 Rams 17
So this game should’ve been a blowout right from the start, one good drive and two Ram turnovers and the Pack could have been up like 17-3. Then they give up two TD’s to a backup FB and its 24-17 at half. But Rodgers looked solid once again, and Driver was again awesome. It was good to see the Packers actually NOT run it on first down in the second half. But for crissakes, please stop with the deep throws! It is crazy that none of these were picked off….Can’t believe how much they ARENT a west coast offense this year. The NFL can be broken apart into 4 game stretches. Teams that are doing good usually can keep it going for four weeks or so, whether its the deep pass, running game, little quirk in the offense or defense, etc. Eventually, after a few weeks of studying film someone figures something out and adjusts. So is McCarthy actually smart enough to not reveal all his cards until the Viking game?
Vikings 27 Niners 24
I stopped watching this game when Favre’s floater on 4th and 5 fell incomplete with like two minutes left. (If the San Fran DB doesn’t drop a certain TAINT on a crap throw by Favre then the game is over) So after seeing this mess, I assumed San Fran would win…Then I had to listen to that crazily biased Vikings radio play by play guy on my way home. If the Vikings lose this game, some of the Favre supporters would’ve jumped ship. Only watched parts of this game, but he didn’t look good. That can easily be atoned for though, when you throw a 30 yard TD with 10 seconds left in the back of the end zone. Still don’t get why the 49ers didn’t have like 5 guys standing in the end zone. There was only 16 seconds on the clock when the play started!
Bears 25 Seahawks 19
Very surprised this game was close since Hasselbeck was out. Didn’t even see many highlights of this one, but definitely a good road win for the Bears. Seattle is notoriously a bad place for most non-west coast teams. Cutler has been good two weeks in a row now, so is Week 4 is next breakdown game or?
Lions 19 Skins 14
Lions Win! Yes the Lions won! Good job! I watched a couple minutes of this game and was most impressed by the Lions D.
Week 3 Winners
- Lions – Now don’t get too cocky…
- Aaron Rodgers – Calm and crisp, love the energy!
- Ryan Grant – Some life there, actually saw him break a couple tackles
- Jonny Jolly – Solid, please TT sign him soon!
Week 3 Losers
- Brad Childress – Keep forgetting that this douche should be here by default. Also, Chilli has the worst beard on TV.
- A.J. Hawk – Sorry man, I am always pulling for ya but always seeing you getting pushed around or tackling someone from behind….I.E. No impact plays or big hits a top 5 pick should be making.
- Paul Allen – Seriously this guy drives me crazy during Vikings games. Actually I only hate him when the Vikings are doing good, its a pleasure listening to him when the Vikings are losing.
Week 3 Predictions
Packers @ Rams
With the abysmal play last week, you would think McCarthy would have his team fired up this week against the lowly Rams. This is not the same Rams team however, I give them two years and they’ll be a playoff team. I’ve always like Spagnaluo the former Giants D Coordinater. Guarantee he’ll have his team fired up, this is is first home game. But I’m going to have to say that if the Packers line can hold up (even if they have to max protect) and pull out a win. And if Raji plays, look for the D to hold the run with Jenkins and maybe AJ Hawk having a HUGE game.
Packers 26-17
Bears @ Seahawks
Seattle was looking good this year, until Hasselbeck got injured…again. Enough said, man I’m already bored with this game.
Bears 28-16
49ers @ Vikings
This is a hard game to gauge….I mean the niners are my darkhorse team, but I also have the Vikings doing good the first half of the season. If San Fran can hold AP and force the Vikings to pass I see this being a dogfight….since I don’t think Favre can really throw long yet. Although these are the games when Favre surprises folks. Like whenever everyone is questioning is abilities…Fuck it, this is a blow out…no matter how good Frank Gore is…
Vikings 28-10
Redskins @ Lions
This is one of those games where the team that wants to lose it worst, loses. Although I haven’t seen much of the skins this year, I just am not feeling them yet. Lions have some talent but are still real shakey.
Tie 16-16 (Ok I realize this doesnt happen often so I’ll just pick Skins 16-12)
You’ve got a f-ing dart in your neck! (Week 2 Wrapup)
Bengals @ Packers
Since the Packers seem to be living in denial over their inability to block anyone, thought it was analogous to one of my favorite Will Ferrell clips. Last Sunday a single DE attibuted for 5 sacks and 2 knockdowns. They are lucky Rodgers made it out of this game without sustaining any injuries. So in my mind there are three major issues with this seemingly unstoppable offense. First this is not PRE-SEASON! Packer’s coaches should recognize that most teams play vanilla defense during pre-sesason, so you can allow your QB to wait for plays to develop and your offense can look unstoppable. But you cannot base your game plan on how things went in the PRE-SEASON!
Second, they are not establishing or trying to establish any sort of running game. I think McCarthy is so giddy about his young QB and talented receivers that he just wants to show them off. Kind of like when you get that first new bike when you were young. Like even if it was a simple walk across the street, you still take your bike out…to show it off.
The second issue is the lack of pass protection and Rodgers holding the ball too long at times. They should have kept a TE back to help out College after Clifton went down. So this week against the lowly Rams, I expect them to go back to the short passing game and running the ball. If they cannot do either then it will be a repeat of last week. Although I have no clue who the Rams have on the D-line.
If they are able to sustain drives and mix it up with a good run then they’ll win this game by a couple TDs.
Steelers @ Bears
Didn’t see much of this game, but the Bears played much better than Week 1. But I think Pittsburgh isn’t has strong w/o Paulamalu. Cutler was much improved, and the bears home field helped.
Vikings @ Lions
What can you say? The Lions were actually in this one until they remembered that they are the Lions. Didn’t watch much of this game either as it coincided with the GB game, but it appears the Vikings are firing on all cylinders. But that is the way thing are supposed to be.
Week Two Winners
- Bengals – Yes the Bengals are decent
- Cutler – Redemption!
- Adrian Peterson – Amazing.
Week Two Losers
- Mike McCarthy – Ever here of a team having a letdown game on week two? Neither have I…
- Ryan Grant – Hasn’t broken a tackle all year, and that fumble was at the worst time
- Aaron Rouse – Released
- Nick Collins – Injury bug creep alert
- Brett Favre – going to be a while
Week Two Picks
Cincinnati @ Green Bay
This could be a real blowout right from the start, except, unlike most experts, I believe the Bengals are a decent team. They finally have Carson Palmer back and they’ve had an assload of high draft picks so you’d think they’d have some talent spread around.
There’s also the whole side story to this game, Ochocinco coming to Lambeau for the first time going up against is former teammate, Nick Barnett. Not sure much will come of this, I think the biggest story will be A. Rodgers having a HUGE game, maybe 3 TDs, 300 yards.
So my pick for this week is something like 28-17 Packers. I see them having a slight edge throughout the game and then getting a late score by Driver in the 4th. Packers D again creates turnovers and pressure. I’ll be watching Raji most of this game…and Matthews.
Pittsburgh @ Chicago
This will be one of those hard hitting games between two tough teams. Both have to move on without their leaders on D, but I think they’ll be fine. Especially the well-coached and talent ridden Steelers. One factor that will limit scoring and hopefully doesn’t lead to serious injuries is the brand new turf…
Pittsburgh wins this like 16-13.
Minnesota @ Detroit
Favre returns to Ford field, a place he’s had some amazing games as well as some real head scratchers. (Remember that 1993 game, throwing a INT while laying on his back?)
Vikings again start slow and wear down the Lions late. Look for a little (Cul)pepper in this game.
Vikings 24-20.
Wednesday Wrapup – Lovie Gets Pwn’d
Green Bay 21, Chicago 15
Last Sunday, the Packers proved something to me. Rodgers can win games and McCarthy will finally take some chances this year.That 3rd and 1 call at the end was well timed. The game was a little sloppy, but similar to the Thursday nighter (TEN@PITT) a few days prior, it was intense and featured lots of crushing hits.
Chicago probably wins this game if you take away Cutler’s 4 picks. But thats what they traded for…
The Packers probably win this game outright they connect on any of the four or so dropped long balls. Especially that one to Jordy Nelson.
But the best part was seeing Lovie Smith’s face after Rodgers connected with Jennings to take the lead. After all these years, the Packers finally gave him a taste of his own medicine. IE winning a game they shouldn’t have at the end
That was priceless.
Winners:
- Rodgers – Good tablesetter for his 4th Quarter confidence.
- Pickett/Jolly/Collins – Sign them now!
- Hester – Legit receiver
- Ogunlawye – Terrorizing first half
Losers:
- Packer play calling – Urlacher is out, you have weapons in the middle…maybe try throwing over middle to Finley/Lee or James Jones!
- Barbre – One more bad game and we may see Gionconni
- Lovie – (See above)
- Urlacher – Done
Vikings 34, Browns 20
Watched probably half of this game, but it went basically how the Vikings want to play this year. Heavy doses of their D fronting combined with an offense that methodically moves the ball down the field by running and little flare passes.
Then in the second half, their opponent begins to wear down; opening up Adrian Peterson to break out huge runs. If they can maintain this all season, they will be a formidable opponent and probably in the top 5 of the division. But if you factor in the Vikings history + Favre’s age and recent history + Childress + injuries I doubt that will happen.
Winners:
- Adrian Peterson – Yes he’s faster version of Walter Payton
- Josh Cribbs – Solid
- Chilli/Zygi – For one game Vikings management’s moves look to be right.
- Percy Harvin – Very promising
Losers:
- Browns – maybe the worst team in football
- Favre – its going to take a lot to get out of the loser category in the eyes of many…
New Orleans 45, Detroit 27
Didn’t see any of this game, just the highlights. But looks like the Lions have some life. Let’s see how they handle the Vikings in their house next week.
Winners:
- Drew Brees – maybe best QB in NFC
- Lions fans – first game w/o Matt Millen had to feel good
Losers:
- Lions fans – team still sucks
- Browns fans – teams still sucks
- Dante Culpepper – remember he was almost MVP three years ago
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